Moving Fashion Forward: A Balance of Profit and Purpose
The COVID-19 Pandemic has revealed the fragility and unsustainability of the apparel industry's current supply chain. This paper looks at how the industry can use this opportunity to rethink and reinvent practices in order to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals and resolve conflicts preventing sustainable development. It offers insight into supply chain and production practices, the progress of leading brands in implementing the SDGs, and policy recommendations. This conceptual paper analyzes and describes examples of:
- Supply chain and production practices and their social and environmental impact.
- Leading brands and their progress in implementing and promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Policy recommendations to resolve conflicts preventing sustainable development.
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